The new Opera Mobile 9.5 Mobile vs. Mobile Safari
After purchasing of iPod touch, I thought that there is no better browser for mobile devices, then mobile safari. Although I heard repeatedly that Apple has developed a revolutionary new browser for iPhone, but I could not imagine that browsing the WWW with a PDA-like device could be so handy.
Mobile Safari has significant advantages over traditional mobile browsers such as Internet Explorer or Opera Mobile Mobile 8.xx.
Here are some of them:
1.The speed - Mobile Safari loads sites more quickly
2.Very good support of web technologies such as XHTML, JavaScript and Ajax
3.Tabbled browsing - you can comfortably open multiple tabs and switch between them
4. Zoom: Unlike above rivals, Mobile Safari shows a web page as an overview, then you can focus different parts of a web page with a double-tap, so that this part will be automatically fit to screen.
5.Quick-time video support: You can see embedded video sequences in quick time format, even in full-screen mode.
and some screenshots:
It is no wonder that the other browser developers try to implement these ideas in own products. The reaction of Microsoft in form of Windows Mobile 6.1 with an improved version of Internet Explorer is not particularly noteworthy, because the improvements seem to be limited. The new Opera version is much more interesting in this case. The developers promise us many interesting features. We can discuss long, who copies which product, but as a consumer, I find this movement a good thing because I can save a lot of money by abdication of buying of iPhone and conversion to the new operation system, instead I can use my existing device.
Here is a list of the features that developers of Opera promise:
1.Opera will be faster
2.The user interface will be redesigned, it should be much more intuitive to navigate,
3.Zoom effect à la iPhone / iPod touch
4.Support of flash - this feature is one of the main arguments when choosing between Safari and Opera Mobile
5.Widgets - small Web programs
Opera Mobile in action:
This all sounds very good and the price of about $ 20 is ok if you consider how much money you are saving, while renouncing the purchase of iPhone. The only problem is Opera Mobile is still in the development.